COVID: Oakland Coliseum Vaccination Site Designates Half Of Doses For ‘Educators Day’

The state is hoping to expedite doses to school employees so campuses can reopen as quickly and safely as possible.

Posted Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 2:29 pm PT

OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — Thursday marked the launch of what is being called “Educators Day” at the vaccination megasite at the Oakland Coliseum.

It’s part of an effort to expedite doses to school employees so campuses can reopen as quickly and safely as possible.

Half of the doses at the site were allocated just for teachers on Thursday.

The Coliseum site was expected to do up to 7,000 people total. Teachers who managed to get a dose told KPIX they felt lucky.